Shoe attachment



Feb. 5, 1929. 1,701,424

L" R. SATO 'f sHoE ATTACHMENT Filed Dec. 2, 1925 INVENTOR AHORNEY VPatented Feb. y5, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

`RYUJI sATo, or NEW YORK, N. Y.'

y SHOE ATTACHMENT.

Application led December sides in an article formed of afsoft yieldable v material and adapted-to be secured within. a

- shoe for cushioning the sides and heel of a foot from the walls of the shoe so as to eliminate the friction between a' stocking or sock and the said side walls, thereby eliminating the rubbing therebetween which is the principal cause of the wearingv of` holes in hof siery.

Another obj ect is to provide a shoe attachment which will close the space between the side walls of a shoe and the sides'of a foot so as to exclude 'dust and weather therefrom. VA further object of the invention is the provision of an article., of the type mentioned which is simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture and which may be applied-to shoes now in use by stitching the saine thereto.' y

Vith these and other objects in View, the invention resides in certain novel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing,

in which f Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ladys 'slipper equipped kwith my improved attachv as at 11 and is constructed of a single `piece of yieldable material such as soft rubber or soft leather.

My attachment 11 kcomprises a relativelyy j shoe.

2, 1925.l serial No. 72,736.

wide Vbody portion 12 of a height approXi-' mating the height of the shoe upperand yfrom vwhich extend. relatively narrow arms 13 disposed in alignment with the upper edge of the body portion 12.

For attaching thel article to the shoe 10, the same is flexed or bent to conform to the relative shape of the upper edge of the shoe and is inserted therein with the body portion 12 covering the inner wall of the back of the shoe, while the arms extend about thev top side edges and meet at the front of the: When in this position .the article is stitched to the walls ofthe shoe as at 15 and forms an integral. part thereof, with a space between the concave side of the armsr and the walls of the shoe. The space allows yielding movement. between the foot of a wearer and the walls ofthe shoe.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that when worn, a shoe equipped with this attachment will prevent the sock or stocking from rubbing against the sharp stiff edge of the shoe upper and prevents dust and weather from passing between the foot and the shoe.A The body portion 12 serves to prevent any movement between the sock or the stocking at the heel of the shoe.

What'is claimed as new is:-

1. In combination with ashoeof the oxford st-yle,ar yieldable strip of soft fabric extending about the inner top edge ofthe upper from the back to the front vand fas'- tened thereto forming an elastic rib, and

` Y ,85 an enlarged bodyportion depending there.- p

fromand-overlying the rear inner walls of f the shoe. y

2. In combination with a shoe of the oxford style, an-attachinentformed of a single piece of yieldable material including a body portion overlying the rear inner walls of saidr shoe, and arms extending from said body portion and engaging theinner top edges of the side walls of the shoe from the back to the front thereof, and stitching passing through said attachment and shoe for securing the formerto the latteigthe Afabric being arched to form a rib.

In testimony whereof I have afixed my signature.

RYUJI sATo. l 

